There has been discussion by the French Ministry of Education about abolishing homework in the name of equality. It has been suggested that students who have more support at home for their education have huge advantages over those who don't. Since schools can't control this, they should stop requiring homework and only evaluate students based on their success in supervised assignments completed at school. Of course students could choose to study on their own outside of school, but they wouldn't be evaluated on their homework completion- only on work completed in school. What do you think about that idea, that homework be banned- and that no credit be given for assignments completed outside of school?
En France le President François Hollande propose de supprimer le devoir fait à la maison au nom de l'égalité On pense que le devoir donne un avantage aux élèves qui ont de l'encouragement à la maison- ou bien ont plus de moyens pour réussir leurs devoirs que d'autres élèves. Puisque les écoles n'ont aucun controle sur ce qui se passe à la maison, pourquoi pas juste évaluer les élèves sur ce qu'ils font à l'école?
Bonne idée ou mauvaise idée. Is that a good or bad idea?
Here are some articles to consider- Voici des articles sur le sujet.
No Homework? Non aux Devoirs?
There has been discussion by the French Ministry of Education about abolishing homework in the name of equality. It has been suggested that students who have more support at home for their education have huge advantages over those who don't. Since schools can't control this, they should stop requiring homework and only evaluate students based on their success in supervised assignments completed at school. Of course students could choose to study on their own outside of school, but they wouldn't be evaluated on their homework completion- only on work completed in school. What do you think about that idea, that homework be banned- and that no credit be given for assignments completed outside of school?
En France le President François Hollande propose de supprimer le devoir fait à la maison au nom de l'égalité On pense que le devoir donne un avantage aux élèves qui ont de l'encouragement à la maison- ou bien ont plus de moyens pour réussir leurs devoirs que d'autres élèves. Puisque les écoles n'ont aucun controle sur ce qui se passe à la maison, pourquoi pas juste évaluer les élèves sur ce qu'ils font à l'école?
Bonne idée ou mauvaise idée. Is that a good or bad idea?
Here are some articles to consider- Voici des articles sur le sujet.
In English
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2012/10/15/french-president-pushing-homework-ban-as-part-of-ed-reforms/
En Français
http://www.europe1.fr/France/Devoirs-a-la-maison-Hollande-50-ans-de-retard-1269241/